illecebrosus

Latin

Alternative forms

• inlecebrōsus

Etymology

illecebra (“charm”, “attraction”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /il.le.keˈbroː.sus/, [ɪlːʲɛkɛˈbroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /il.le.t͡ʃeˈbro.sus/, [ilːet͡ʃeˈbrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

illecebrōsus (feminine illecebrōsa, neuter illecebrōsum, comparative illecebrōsior, superlative illecebrōsissimus, adverb illecebrōsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. enticing, attractive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	illecebrōsus	illecebrōsa	illecebrōsum		illecebrōsī	illecebrōsae	illecebrōsa
Genitive	illecebrōsī	illecebrōsae	illecebrōsī		illecebrōsōrum	illecebrōsārum	illecebrōsōrum
Dative	illecebrōsō		illecebrōsō		illecebrōsīs
Accusative	illecebrōsum	illecebrōsam	illecebrōsum		illecebrōsōs	illecebrōsās	illecebrōsa
Ablative	illecebrōsō	illecebrōsā	illecebrōsō		illecebrōsīs
Vocative	illecebrōse	illecebrōsa	illecebrōsum		illecebrōsī	illecebrōsae	illecebrōsa

Synonyms

• (enticing): allectīvus (Mediaeval)

Derived terms

• illecebrōsē
• illecebrōsitās (New Latin)

Related terms

• illecebra
• illecebrō
• illectāmentum
• illectātiō
• illectiō
• illectō

Descendants

• → English: illecebrous

References

• “illĕcĕbrōsus (inl-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• (inl-) illĕcĕbrōsus (inl-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 770/3.
• “illecebrōsus” on page 827/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)